OTTAWA – A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer confirms inadequacies with the government’s funding formulas when it comes to First Nations education, specifically for band operated schools.

OTTAWA – Today, New Democrat Members of Parliament sent a clear message that many Canadians stand with Standing Rock, the Native American community fighting to protect their land and their environment against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

OTTAWA – Today, Justin Trudeau betrayed a clear commitment that he made to British Columbians during the campaign that the Kinder Morgan pipeline would not be approved under the Conservative’s broken review process.

OTTAWA – Today’s Auditor General Report revealed that once again departmental inefficiencies within the Federal Government are failing Canadians. The report highlights many problems that, as the Auditor points out have been raised in the past but are getting worse, including no up-to-date regulatory framework for passenger vehicle safety which puts Canadians lives at risk and recruitment issues within the Canadian forces specifically for female candidates.

OTTAWA — Today in the Finance Committee, the Liberals refused to support NDP amendments to the proposed CPP legislation which would have ensured that women and people living with disabilities are not unfairly penalized. Additionally, Liberal MPs shut down debate in a desperate move to avoid a motion that would have called on the government to fix this bill.

OTTAWA — The NDP announced they will be introducing amendments to the Liberal legislation on enhancements to the Canada Pension Plan in order to fix a provision that penalizes women and people living with disabilities.

OTTAWA — Women and people living with disabilities will be penalized under the planned expansion of Canada Pension Plan benefits if the Liberals don’t fix serious omissions in proposed legislation that will be debated today.

OTTAWA – The NDP is criticizing the Liberal compensation plan for losses to the dairy industry caused by CETA. After abandoning dairy farmers on the issues of diafiltered milk and the Duties Relief Program, the Liberal government is being called out for failing to deliver the compensation it promised for the industry’s CETA-related losses.

OTTAWA – The NDP is questioning the Liberal government’s commitment to the electoral reform process led by the Special Committee on Electoral Reform, following the discovery of a mail program from Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef.

Today, the NDP is calling on the Federal government to explain its role in the circumstances that led to a Federal court ruling that CSIS has been illegally storing information on untold numbers of ordinary Canadians who pose no threat for over a decade.

OTTAWA – The NDP is condemning the Liberal government for its scheme to privatize public infrastructure that will mean new tolls and user fees where there are none, and the hiking of fees where they already exist.